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The Obama administration has approved plans to send 1500 more U.S. troops to Iraq to help train Kurdish and Iraqi forces fighting against the Islamic State. The new deployment will double the number of troops currently assisting in ...

President Barack Obama said Monday the US would send up to 250 more military trainers to help fight the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria. “I have approved the deployment of up 250 additional US personnel in Syria, including spe...

Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Monday that Washington will deploy 560 additional troops to aid Iraq’s fight to retake Mosul from jihadists, further deepening US military involvement in the country. The announcement, which will br...

The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State group’s hub of Mosul, officials said on Monday. IS seized Mosul in June 2014 and except for air strikes h...